A mean field model for competition: From neutral ecology to the Red Queen

Ecology Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 961-969

  O'Dwyer, James P ^a   Chisholm, Ryan ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Macroecology; Neutral ecology; Red Queen hypothesis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ECOSYSTEM; LETTER; MACROECOLOGY; NEUTRAL ECOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RED QUEEN HYPOTHESIS;

MACROECOLOGY; NEUTRAL ECOLOGY; RED QUEEN HYPOTHESIS;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 84903781767     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ele.12299     Document Type: Article

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